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  • Apr 9, 1948
    MGM releases Hank Williams' "Honky Tonkin'"
    Apr 10, 1948
    Good guy Eddie Dean breaks up a robbery in the debut of the western movie "The Hawk Of Powder River"
    Apr 10, 1948
    Eddy Arnold receives a key to the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where he's opened a record shop
    Apr 14, 1948
    Hank Thompson marries Dorothy Jean Ray on stage at Dallas' Arcadia Theater
    Apr 17, 1948
    Rich-R-Tone Records releases The Stanley Brothers' "Little Maggie"
    Apr 18, 1948
    Earl Scruggs marries Louise Certain in Gaffney, South Carolina, two months after leaving Bill Monroe's band. She becomes the manager of Flatt & Scruggs
    Apr 19, 1948
    Columbia releases Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys' "Texarkana Baby"
    Apr 20, 1948

    Rock keyboard player Craig Frost is born in Flint, Michigan. He joins Grand Funk in 1972 and appears on "We're An American Band," referenced in The Eli Young Band country hit "Always The Love Songs"

    Apr 21, 1948
    Paul Davis is born in Meridian, Mississippi. Following a pop career, he sings on country hits with Marie Osmond, Tanya Tucker and Paul Overstreet, and writes such hits as "Down To My Last Teardrop," "Bop" and "Just Another Love"
    Apr 25, 1948
    T. Texas Tyler plays Carnegie Hall while his recitation "Deck Of Cards" picks up steam on the national charts

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